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the pentagon has denied a plan to upgrade facilities at guantanamo bay. >>> brazil's president cancelled over anger over the nsa program. >> tampering in such a manner in affairs of other countries is a breach of international law. >> earlier this month it was revealed brazil had been tapped into by the usa and so far there has been no public apology. >>> a 28-year-old british rower has become the first woman to row solo from japan to alaska. when she arrived she celebrated with a bottle of champagne. >>> miss piggy and kermit have been reunited. more than 20 muppets were donated to the smithsonian museum. >>> stocks dropped for a fourth straight day on tuesday. and asian investors are wary of washington's political grid lock. >>> amazon will be revealing three new kindle fire tablets that will include sharper displays. amazon is including a feature called may day which connects users with a customer service rep to answer your questions. >>> regular unled gas prices are on a slide. analysts predict prices could drop in the coming weeks. >>> even though summer just ended it is time to boo
the pentagon has denied a plan to upgrade facilities at guantanamo bay. >>> brazil's president cancelled over anger over the nsa program. >> tampering in such a manner in affairs of other countries is a breach of international law. >> earlier this month it was revealed brazil had been tapped into by the usa and so far there has been no public apology. >>> a 28-year-old british rower has become the first woman to row solo from japan to alaska. when she arrived she...
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is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily . b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backwards. it's a step. correct is toxic is a look a lot like. it was it was not a picture that either the government or b.p. really wanted to i don't want dispersants to be the agent. this. speech or language. news programs and documentaries in spanish as to you breaking news a little too much of angles to the stories. you hear. that the spanish. visit. after decades of prosecuting a proxy war against iran can washington change its behavior many in washington have dismissed obama's all branch out of hand many in iran are just as mistrustful is this quest for peace a fool's. mission and free couldn't take shouldn't three months for charges free. range month free. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media. dot com. we know how to do banking it should be. like infrastructure to support the economy it shouldn't be for the benefit of it leads to think they're above the law as we currently have. clues. s
is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily . b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backwards. it's a step. correct is toxic is a look a lot like. it was it was not a picture that either the government or b.p. really wanted to i don't want dispersants to be the agent. this. speech or language. news programs and documentaries in spanish as to you breaking news a little too much of angles to the stories. you hear. that the spanish. visit. after decades of...
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move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. the design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in terms of the initial estimate was so different from the reality. this reflects the technical challenges. what critics will tell you is that this is a program that has run amok. it has run aground. it has run out of control. >> more video of the marine version, trying to work for your article showing how these planes. here is the marine video. >> ?-- ♪ ♪ >> helicopter landing ship, not a regular carrier. why do they need that? >> the marines have 11 of those types of ships. they have short? where they can fly planes like that and helicopters. the marines want to continue t
move ahead 12 years, the pentagon plan is 2443 plants, and $397.1 billion. the design and production, $84 billion has already been spent. what happened? >> the price has almost doubled. we are getting fewer planes for much money. we have spent an enormous amount of money and the plane is only about 17% tested. the software code is to be written. the marine version still having engineering challenges. what that slide tells you is the sheer amount of money -- the growth of this program in...
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what did you hear there from the chairman of the threats that we're facing in this country, and the pentagon strategy overall? >> it is a remarkable time in washington, in that every day, we have new headlines, new stories about north korea, syria, iran, afghanistan, about all these missions or potential missions facing the u.s. military. we unseemly parts of the world. at the same time every day, we have pretty much chaos when it comes to how to fund these operations, fund the pentagon, with the cut in military spending. congress and the white house are completely far apart. even within congress they can't agree on how to pay for all of this, and this is really affecting the pentagon in this day and age, whether you think there should be more or less money devote to military spending, the uncertain is he it is -- the uncertainty is a problem. >> he talks in one voice about red lines and we need not to back off of red lines, but then in the next breath he was saying i don't want to get involved anywhere because we're not in the position to get involved in all of these places. and when you ta
what did you hear there from the chairman of the threats that we're facing in this country, and the pentagon strategy overall? >> it is a remarkable time in washington, in that every day, we have new headlines, new stories about north korea, syria, iran, afghanistan, about all these missions or potential missions facing the u.s. military. we unseemly parts of the world. at the same time every day, we have pretty much chaos when it comes to how to fund these operations, fund the pentagon,...
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so i think the pentagon needs to be paired down. >> i think the pentagon needs to be pared down. usually those are fightings words for someone of your ilk. >> well, the good part about this is chuck hagel may get exactly what he wants, the opportunity to go in and have the defense department defend the budget and then make the decisions. i think the more important thing is that as we look to this post-iraq, post-afghanistan period, are we going to have a strategy driven by resources or resources driven by the strategy? >> that's a good point. pardon me. i wanted to ask you about how your colleagues within the military feel about that, particularly as we continue to move in to a new model of warfare. the drones we just spoke of seem to be increasingly popular as not only a spy technique but an attack technique and is that something that is going to have a huge bearing on how we model the mod budgets in to the future? >> hopefully we'll have a strategy for this post- 9/11 period that's driven by the threats, by the capabilities that we're seeking and not driven by the resources all
so i think the pentagon needs to be paired down. >> i think the pentagon needs to be pared down. usually those are fightings words for someone of your ilk. >> well, the good part about this is chuck hagel may get exactly what he wants, the opportunity to go in and have the defense department defend the budget and then make the decisions. i think the more important thing is that as we look to this post-iraq, post-afghanistan period, are we going to have a strategy driven by resources...
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pentagon is taking north korea's threats very seriously. u.s. militar now beefing up a missile defense system after regime warned it is ready to wipe out washington. details straight ahead. an eyewitness testifying at high school football players accused of raping a passed out drunk girl during a night of big time partying. if you thought that jodi arias murder trial couldn't get weirder, wait until you see interrogation video that just surfaced. head stands. unless breaking news changes everything on studio "b". >> gregg: first. any minute we do expected the defense secretary to announce the pentagon's plan to in the growing nuclear threat of north korea. sources saying the defense is thet s tote deploy 14 ground missile interceptors at silos in california and alaska. pentagon halted the build-up you may recall back in 2009, but just one week ago north korea vowed to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the united states. obama administration officials telling fox news the rogue nation threat is evolving, that is their word. just yesterda
pentagon is taking north korea's threats very seriously. u.s. militar now beefing up a missile defense system after regime warned it is ready to wipe out washington. details straight ahead. an eyewitness testifying at high school football players accused of raping a passed out drunk girl during a night of big time partying. if you thought that jodi arias murder trial couldn't get weirder, wait until you see interrogation video that just surfaced. head stands. unless breaking news changes...
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committee chairman howard dean suggesting the president should let the sequester happen to slice the pentagon's budget. telling the huffington post, i am in favor of the sequestered. it is tough on things that i care about a lot, but the fact of the matter is, you are not going to get another chance to cut the defense budget in the way that it needs to be cut. white house officials disagree. as does the outgoing defense secretary leon panetta warned such deep cuts could leave america with as second-rate military. lou: you will remember republicans were furious before the election and the white house s not cplying with the warrant act which is a law that basically says employers need to warn employees about upcoming furloughs. the white house pushed back on all of that. now they are releasing those for loan notices. remember, people the 30-60 days in some cases on notices, which means these furloughs will take place until late april even though the sequester is supposed to take effect on march 1st which means they will have to find other cuts to replace all that says the actual notices were dela
committee chairman howard dean suggesting the president should let the sequester happen to slice the pentagon's budget. telling the huffington post, i am in favor of the sequestered. it is tough on things that i care about a lot, but the fact of the matter is, you are not going to get another chance to cut the defense budget in the way that it needs to be cut. white house officials disagree. as does the outgoing defense secretary leon panetta warned such deep cuts could leave america with as...
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the pentagon job is extremely hard. he has many of the skills that you need, politician, defense, foreign policy expert, former soldier, but that doesn't mean he is going to succeed. let's take an example. gates, who is considered one of the more successful secretaries of defense, and, you know, he had served in the national security bureaucracy for 40 years, and he was successful in taming it, many working with it, and working with both parties, but what the questioner really means but won't admit, this is a very, very tough job. there are no perfect skills for it. some work more successfully based on other skills. it's going to be a tough job. cutting budgets m pentagon is very, very, very difficult. >> jamie ruben, always speaks the truth. thank you for joining, as always. >> okay. >> thank you for your expertise. >> after the competent -- after the break -- after the economy. after the break, the economy can transfer for the first time since the start of president obama's first term, and congressional republicans ar
the pentagon job is extremely hard. he has many of the skills that you need, politician, defense, foreign policy expert, former soldier, but that doesn't mean he is going to succeed. let's take an example. gates, who is considered one of the more successful secretaries of defense, and, you know, he had served in the national security bureaucracy for 40 years, and he was successful in taming it, many working with it, and working with both parties, but what the questioner really means but won't...
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the pentagon spends more on service contracts than it does on weapons. and there it's harder to know if the taxpayers are getting good value. what we do know is if you look at the last five years, contract spending is down 10%. but bid protests are up 35%. there's hardly a contract awarded these days that there's not a protest on. what's the effect of these trends. well, we waste a lot of money and effort. we have more tail and less tooth. more overhead and less -- that fighting capability than we should have for the money we spend. who said this and when? as long as we offer assistance where the checkers are outnumbering the doers, the doers are going to spend more paper work for the checkers. it could have been any or all of the defense manufacturing facilities i visited in the last two or five years. but that's admiral rickover quoted to packard in a letter to george schultz in 1970. we're at the point where it's estimated that about a third of the procurement dollars are going to overhead right now. and the rest of the story is that it's not just was
the pentagon spends more on service contracts than it does on weapons. and there it's harder to know if the taxpayers are getting good value. what we do know is if you look at the last five years, contract spending is down 10%. but bid protests are up 35%. there's hardly a contract awarded these days that there's not a protest on. what's the effect of these trends. well, we waste a lot of money and effort. we have more tail and less tooth. more overhead and less -- that fighting capability than...
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pentagon,l, at the ultimately responsibility is to the pentagon comptroller, who reports directly to the secretary of defense. but under the weird way the defense department was established after world war i -- after worldre war ii, the defense department lobbying congress, were allowed to retain independent authority. so they have their own accounting systems. the secretary of defense has had little power to force them to bring together any united system in which data can be shared. host: in your story, you talk dfas.this agency called what is that? >> the defense finance accounting service, and it handles a lot of jobs, everything from military pay to paying the bills to basic accounting on behalf of military services. but there are quite a lot of -- it operatese to a large extent on machines. each of the military services has their own completely different sets of machines with different kind of data that has to be forced from pipelines. there has been an endless stream of errors, and numbers that do not add up. is financial statements fiction because there is no way to come up wi
pentagon,l, at the ultimately responsibility is to the pentagon comptroller, who reports directly to the secretary of defense. but under the weird way the defense department was established after world war i -- after worldre war ii, the defense department lobbying congress, were allowed to retain independent authority. so they have their own accounting systems. the secretary of defense has had little power to force them to bring together any united system in which data can be shared. host: in...
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within the pentagon. i think based on the total reduction in force, the 100,000 reduction in force that will happen post-afghanistan, that they are beginning now -- i think that is a product of that reduction in force. i think that is probably a good thing, to make sure you have the right leadership structure so it does not become too top heavy. whether it is our great nco women,enlisted men and or junior officers, is there a balance within the force structure? if there is not, that could also be a situation where the folks down the line say, where is the priority for everyone? the proper balance in the force and the reduction in the flag officers, i think, is something that necessarily needs to follow with the total reduction in force. >> some of those dismissals have been for cause, sort of a rash of generals and admirals that have run into trouble one way or the other. what do you think about that phenomenon? do you think the military is being too tough on people, not accepting any errors at all? do yo
within the pentagon. i think based on the total reduction in force, the 100,000 reduction in force that will happen post-afghanistan, that they are beginning now -- i think that is a product of that reduction in force. i think that is probably a good thing, to make sure you have the right leadership structure so it does not become too top heavy. whether it is our great nco women,enlisted men and or junior officers, is there a balance within the force structure? if there is not, that could also...
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the pentagon cited lack of congressional support as a reason for dean eyeing renovation of the facility, a facility that is beginning to deteriorate after a decade of temporary operation. the hunger strike that brought renewed attention to the facility is now over. megan lopez has more. >> for over seven months we have an reporting on mass hunger strikes happening at guantanamo bay. monday officials announced 19 are left, but before we declare the hunger strike over, let take a look at how the protest played out and what has changed since it started. on february 6 the hunger strike began. humanitarian groups said the reason was the pervasive churches conducted -- the eve a sieve searches. it took weeks before prison officials acknowledged what was going on. even then, the number of those participating was lower than other reports. the spokesman for the un's human rights body wrote a letter to our team, saying they are looking into the details of the mass hunger strike. the more they knew about the hunger strike, the more petitions to lace across the country. guantanamo detainees saw a c
the pentagon cited lack of congressional support as a reason for dean eyeing renovation of the facility, a facility that is beginning to deteriorate after a decade of temporary operation. the hunger strike that brought renewed attention to the facility is now over. megan lopez has more. >> for over seven months we have an reporting on mass hunger strikes happening at guantanamo bay. monday officials announced 19 are left, but before we declare the hunger strike over, let take a look at...
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i think all of my contacts in the pentagon to include those in the joint of chiefs staff are breathing a huge sigh of relief. and they are still incredulous about the decisionmaking process. i think that they are all leaved we backed off a little bit and are taking a more strategic raern than a tactical look strike at syria. secondly, we can look at it from the perspective of the syrian army. now they have time to unbolt the radars to move everything not only in the woods but into some sort of permanent storage. i think the syrian generals are thinking to themselves, boy, we dodged a bullet. i think that they are thinking right now this won't get through congress and so i think, frankly, i think the syrian's man on the street along with soldiers, i think we got away with it. the final military, of course, are the rebels. they are not going to get any weapons. they don't have a rifle yet. there will not be a no-fly zone. many are sort of giving up hope because the united states won't even do this pinprick, if you will, this -- cruise missile strike. in against syrian installations. how
i think all of my contacts in the pentagon to include those in the joint of chiefs staff are breathing a huge sigh of relief. and they are still incredulous about the decisionmaking process. i think that they are all leaved we backed off a little bit and are taking a more strategic raern than a tactical look strike at syria. secondly, we can look at it from the perspective of the syrian army. now they have time to unbolt the radars to move everything not only in the woods but into some sort of...
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this week the pentagon released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan. that's all for us today. thanks nor sharing part of your sunday with us. check out world news with david muir tonight. and for all the dads out there, including mine watching from florida, happy father's day.
this week the pentagon released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan. that's all for us today. thanks nor sharing part of your sunday with us. check out world news with david muir tonight. and for all the dads out there, including mine watching from florida, happy father's day.
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the pentagon's going to set it up. you want strategy? it's the pentagon. you want intelligence? the pentagon will do that. you want aid or assistance? the -- the pentagon was the source of all knowledge and all programs, and they pretty much, and this was rumsfeld and the people working under him, did not see a need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this, but maybe the pentagon got used to this, maybe this pattern became so hardened that it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the problem. i'm not really -- it's not the whole problem, but i think that there's some -- it raises some serious questions in terms of the role you've been conditioned or you have taken and you don't want to concede it. >> guest: you're absolutely correct. and particularly because we came out of iraq with feeling that pentagon saved the day. >> host: yeah. >> guest: very different from vietnam where the military didn't come out with a sense of they have saved the day. the day was saved by civilians in negotiations in paris. whereas in iraq they were the ones who solved the problem in their
the pentagon's going to set it up. you want strategy? it's the pentagon. you want intelligence? the pentagon will do that. you want aid or assistance? the -- the pentagon was the source of all knowledge and all programs, and they pretty much, and this was rumsfeld and the people working under him, did not see a need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this, but maybe the pentagon got used to this, maybe this pattern became so hardened that it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of...
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the pentagon released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan this week. that's all for us today. thanks nor sharing part of your sunday with us. check out world news with david muir tonight. and for all the dads out there, including mine watching from florida, happy father's day. c1 >>> the following paid program does not necessarily represent the views of the ownership and management of wmar-tv. >>> the following paid program for the sharks sonic duo is brought to you by euro pro. new again! >> my kitchen floors are cleaner th >>> i love the shark sonic duo. >> the carpet is like new again. >> the kitchen floors are cleaner than they have ever been. >> the best system i have ever used in my home. >> bright, beautiful carpets rugs and floors make your home look amazing but no matter how much you mop, over time they look stained, dull and distinct gy. finally there is away to turn back the clock so every carpet and floor in your home can look sensationalism again. >> introducing the revolutionary shark sonic duo. you can regularly deep clean all your carpe
the pentagon released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan this week. that's all for us today. thanks nor sharing part of your sunday with us. check out world news with david muir tonight. and for all the dads out there, including mine watching from florida, happy father's day. c1 >>> the following paid program does not necessarily represent the views of the ownership and management of wmar-tv. >>> the following paid program for the sharks sonic duo is brought to...
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currently the pentagon hopes to leave roughly 10,000 or so american troops in the war torn country to battle insurgents and al-qaeda and to train afghan security forces without a deal that simply will not happen. without u.s. and international support the fragile afghan government will not last long on its own. there is a lot riding on this deal. and although they are making progress right now, it is far from a done deal, guys. back to you. >> connor, thanks very much. the next step for u.s. forces in afghanistan, we are going to discuss their mission and challenges in just a few minutes. >>> admitted nsa leaker edward snowden is making a public appearance for the first time in months. the 30-year-old activist and accused spy captured in a series of videos. they were posted on a whistle blower website, wikileaks, which supports him. he is seen accepting an award of sorts in moscow where he addressed the audience and warned against the use of surveillance programs. listen. >> they hurt our economy. they hurt our ri. our country. they limit our ability to think and seek and live and be
currently the pentagon hopes to leave roughly 10,000 or so american troops in the war torn country to battle insurgents and al-qaeda and to train afghan security forces without a deal that simply will not happen. without u.s. and international support the fragile afghan government will not last long on its own. there is a lot riding on this deal. and although they are making progress right now, it is far from a done deal, guys. back to you. >> connor, thanks very much. the next step for...
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foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american policy u.s. attacks on iran a quote taking a page from the playbook on ukraine and georgia america's training a rainy and terrorists knows the b.b.c. responsible for thousands of assassinations but as soon as the pentagon began funding them hillary clinton took the terrorist group off the official terrorist list basic medicines are being slowed by u.s. sanctions on iran the guardian reports this is putting literally millions of lives at risk leading war crimes prosecutor professor francis boyle warns iran's children going down the pulse of iraq u.s. sanctions since th
foreign policy reveals the leaks knew only manual from the pentagon. meant to be kept secret of the destruction notice rees destroyed by any method that will prevent disclosure the manual officially orders behavior it says this away is unlawful including instructing u.s. troops to wear the army uniforms of other countries it also calls to infiltrate civilian groups and train quote guerrilla forces document concludes such illegal interference in other countries is now the rule for american...
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you what strategy it's the pentagon, you want intelligence on matt, the pentagon was the source of all knowledge and programs and this is pretty much rumsfeld and the people working under him did not see the need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this but maybe they got used to this pattern that became so heartened that it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the problem. it raises some serious questions in terms of the role that you have been conditioned or taken and you don't want to concede it. >> guest: you are correct because we cannot fill in the pentagon saved the day. the day was saved by civilians and negotiations in paris. but in iraq they were the ones that solved the problems. that actually raises an important question as to whether the obama administration has been able to move away from the bush strategy. and i made this argument about when you look at iran and the drone a strategy it is often bush policy improved and better implemented but there hasn't been a real effort to reinvent american foreign policy pivoted one thing that is important is the dominat
you what strategy it's the pentagon, you want intelligence on matt, the pentagon was the source of all knowledge and programs and this is pretty much rumsfeld and the people working under him did not see the need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this but maybe they got used to this pattern that became so heartened that it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the problem. it raises some serious questions in terms of the role that you have been conditioned or taken and you don't...
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chilling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll on democracy. why is john kerry's assistant finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington's quote. star sat i know. when to call them there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks back home they were racists enslaving whole nations and resources they reassure the public through mainstream media that they were quote civilizing the natives to trick the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but in practice the west continuing to governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government rose washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the lead tip of the icebergs u.s. senate says like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protesters while assistant secretary of state victoria nuland hands them out and these are the reali
chilling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll on democracy. why is john kerry's assistant finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington's quote. star sat i know. when to call them there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks back home they were racists enslaving whole nations and resources they reassure the public through mainstream media that they were...
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you want diplomacy, the pentagon will set it up. you want strategy, it's the pentagon. you want intelligent, the pentagon will do. you want a a d. or assistance from the pentagon was the source for all knowledge and all progress. and they pretty much, and this is rumsfeld and the people working under him, did not see a need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this but maybe the pentagon got used to this, maybe this pattern became so -- it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the problem. it's not the whole problem by think that it raises some series questions in terms of the role you have been conditioned or you taken and you don't want to secede it. >> guest: you're absolutely correct. particularly because we came out of iraq feeling that the pentagon saved the day. very different from vietnam with the military didn't come out with a sense that they had saved the day. the day was saved by civilians in negotiations in paris the in iraq, they were the ones who solve the problem, in their own mind. and jess, and i think that's actually raises an important que
you want diplomacy, the pentagon will set it up. you want strategy, it's the pentagon. you want intelligent, the pentagon will do. you want a a d. or assistance from the pentagon was the source for all knowledge and all progress. and they pretty much, and this is rumsfeld and the people working under him, did not see a need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this but maybe the pentagon got used to this, maybe this pattern became so -- it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the...
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jennifer pentagon -- griffin is at the pentagon tonight. i know they want more money. >> that's right. it is significant in terms of the message that it sends to iran right now in a very tense time in the middle east. but it is and it is the first concrete sign that the budget uncertainty is going to have a real impact on national security. at a time when tensions are are high with iran over its nuclear program and negotiations might be coming soon, the u.s. had had a policy of having two aircraft carriers over the golf for the past two years. the uss eisenhower will deploy later this month. but it will go alone we're told to replace the uss. according to george little said facing budget uncertainty continuing budget resolution and across the board sequestration cuts made this request to the secretary and he approved. secretary of defense approved to reverse the deployment. uss truman at the very last minute, shep. >> shepard: what does it mean for the families on the uss truman? >> it really wreaks havoc on the lives of those family member
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inside the pentagon. i was wondering if you could provide some insight and guidance that they're releasing regarding sequestration, especially now that things have changed. are you lying guidance? has it come out? if not, when might it be released? >> we are looking at that command and not in a position to give you the timing or content. recognize that we were further along in the process that we were a few months ago. the guidance is out there and remains in effect, which is not to take any steps and anticipates sequestration. i suspect we will want to continue not to take specific steps in anticipation of sequestration. we still want the congress to not let sequestration going to affect. it is very important that the avoid that. we are looking to mike in combat with guidance would be appropriate near term, and i'm not sure when that will be. listen, i wanted thank you for the chance to be here today and for your thoughtful questions and i appreciate your time. thanks. [applause] [inaudible conversations
inside the pentagon. i was wondering if you could provide some insight and guidance that they're releasing regarding sequestration, especially now that things have changed. are you lying guidance? has it come out? if not, when might it be released? >> we are looking at that command and not in a position to give you the timing or content. recognize that we were further along in the process that we were a few months ago. the guidance is out there and remains in effect, which is not to take...
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but the pentagon is stopping short of putting any u.s. troops on the ground. that's from defense secretary leon panetta, talking about the offensive against islamic are rebels in mali. mali is one of the poorest nations on the planet. a groiing home base for islamic extremists, we are led to believe. secretary panetta says the u.s. will help with intelligence and supply, but there are no plans to commit u.s. troops, at this point. all of this comes as america prepares to wine down the longest war ever in afghanistan for the united states. the secretary says that the u.s. will face huge threats from abroad. >> the fact is that the war on terrorism continues. we have made good progress. we have undermightmined their ay to conduct the attacks they would like to conduct. but the war on terrorism continues. >> shepard: french troops could face a very difficult in mali, a nation that some analysts have called a flat afghanistan. islamic extremists control much of the northern part of the country. yesterday, they took a town in central mali. an american pastor jailed
but the pentagon is stopping short of putting any u.s. troops on the ground. that's from defense secretary leon panetta, talking about the offensive against islamic are rebels in mali. mali is one of the poorest nations on the planet. a groiing home base for islamic extremists, we are led to believe. secretary panetta says the u.s. will help with intelligence and supply, but there are no plans to commit u.s. troops, at this point. all of this comes as america prepares to wine down the longest...
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jennifer griffin with the late details from the pentagon. jennifer? >> that's just confirmed with the u.s. official that the pentagon does believe that israeli war planes did cross into syrian air space overnight and dropped several munitions bombs, if you will, on a warehouse that was believed to be containing conventional weapons. it was not a chemical weapon facility, i'm told. we know that at least two war planes crossed into syrian air space. it's not clear what kind of war planes, but they were israeli. they could have been f-16s. they could have been f-15s. we're not sure at this moment. but we do know that the idf, israeli air force did, in fact, cross into syria. the last time that we had reports that the israelis had struck inside of syria was back in january. remember, they struck a weapons convoy that was moving near the lebanese border. but they did not cross into syria at that moment to strike that convoy. that convoy, we're told, was containing sa 17 missiles. those are anti-aircraft missiles that the russians were providing either hezb
jennifer griffin with the late details from the pentagon. jennifer? >> that's just confirmed with the u.s. official that the pentagon does believe that israeli war planes did cross into syrian air space overnight and dropped several munitions bombs, if you will, on a warehouse that was believed to be containing conventional weapons. it was not a chemical weapon facility, i'm told. we know that at least two war planes crossed into syrian air space. it's not clear what kind of war planes,...
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i am not seeking to criticize the pentagon. i'm trying to put it into a context involving the entire budget and all of the needs of the united states, not just the military needs. if you turn it around and say that we live in an extremely turbulent world and maybe we would like, after it in a stan -- after afghanistan and iraq, to pull back. and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite opportunity i had recently to write andh dad petraeus. one wasthis week and earlier this year in the washington post. we have tried to argue that these deficit deals that have been proposed would be wonderful to have an many ways. they are not essential. what you need to do, given that america's economy has so much promise, what you need to do is tip the curve on how we are increasing the debt. if we lower our expectations a little we can wind up in a reasonable place for the next five or 10 years. long-term entitlement is a big challenge. our col
i am not seeking to criticize the pentagon. i'm trying to put it into a context involving the entire budget and all of the needs of the united states, not just the military needs. if you turn it around and say that we live in an extremely turbulent world and maybe we would like, after it in a stan -- after afghanistan and iraq, to pull back. and do nationbuilding at home. are we capable of doing nationbuilding at home in a world that remains as turbulent as it is? the am going to cite...
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the pentagon says it needs chuck hagel as soon as possible. >> this is a ridiculous way to run a budget show. we have been shouting at from the rooftops for a very long time. >> he will be sworn in as defense secretary wednesday morning. he is not getting much -- he will go from being the subject of intense congressional discussion and debate to trying to influence them. >> i want to make you aware of the developing story out of afghanistan. gov. has confirmed that 11 police officers and six civilians were killed at a checkpoint overnight. police launched an investigation and have detained two men who they say poisoned the people at the checkpoint. that story just breaking. we are looking into>> pope benes concluded his final appearance in st. peter's square as the roman catholic pope. 50,000 people crammed into the square. he is the first pope in 600 years to resign. a two-day summit has concluded with the decision to hold more talks in istanbul. the west believes that iran possible nuclear program is aimed at creating a bomb. chuck hagel has been confirmed as the new u.s. defense secr
the pentagon says it needs chuck hagel as soon as possible. >> this is a ridiculous way to run a budget show. we have been shouting at from the rooftops for a very long time. >> he will be sworn in as defense secretary wednesday morning. he is not getting much -- he will go from being the subject of intense congressional discussion and debate to trying to influence them. >> i want to make you aware of the developing story out of afghanistan. gov. has confirmed that 11 police...
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when the pentagon says they're decommission it, people say you cannot do that. the battle over the size of the national guard. congress has got to wake up and understand the budgets are getting smaller. intelligentome decisions and scissor trying to defend every little piece of the budget. i think the pentagon tried to take a holistic approach. i hope they start to be more cooperative. we can make sure that we have the training equipment necessary for the military. >> this budget that will be dropping is probably going to be the first one we have seen that will confirm with the caps we have seen in the budget control act. smith were the secretary of defense, where would the cuts most heavily fall? we were talking about compensation and benefits. this will not go until may or june. this probably will not reform the alteration bills. make of reduction specifically? >> certainly you have to look at the personnel side. i think there's money to be saved on the nuclear side. over 51 hundred nuclear warheads which more than meets our needs going forward. there are ways
when the pentagon says they're decommission it, people say you cannot do that. the battle over the size of the national guard. congress has got to wake up and understand the budgets are getting smaller. intelligentome decisions and scissor trying to defend every little piece of the budget. i think the pentagon tried to take a holistic approach. i hope they start to be more cooperative. we can make sure that we have the training equipment necessary for the military. >> this budget that...
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one example, the pentagon wants to cut an enormous program. it doesn't need it. this does not allow them to cut it. but the pentagon says we don't need cuts over here where you are cutting. could we just fix this? the answer is no. mike, that's dumb. why is everybody on capitol hill so dumb? reporter: actually, the republican plan would have given president obama a democratic president, more flexibility, but then there's also the question if, if you give up the power of the purse to the white house, then congress loses a lot of power, so there's a lot of dynamics at work here. you are correct, there are lot of ways you can do this a lot more surgically, and that's something hey have been talking about but have not taken action so far. >> shepard: the other side talks about more revenue, more revenue. really what that is it a closing of loopholes, and you put the public, there are loopholes out there, for instance, that make it such that many corporations based in the town within blocks of the spot where i'm sitting at this moment, pay less in taxes last year than
one example, the pentagon wants to cut an enormous program. it doesn't need it. this does not allow them to cut it. but the pentagon says we don't need cuts over here where you are cutting. could we just fix this? the answer is no. mike, that's dumb. why is everybody on capitol hill so dumb? reporter: actually, the republican plan would have given president obama a democratic president, more flexibility, but then there's also the question if, if you give up the power of the purse to the white...
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and i think most importantly, has earned the respect of the troops and the brass at the pentagon. >> is the real point here he's somebody because of that who has the credibility so that if he's the one who has to remake defense going forward, if he's to talk about cuts to systems he has that extra credibility? >> i think he does and that matters. we had great secretaries of defense that didn't serve. it's an important part as we enter this period. i think that with the real thing here, we take a step back, just look how far the republican party has moved in the last six years. you talked about a republican saying you're out of the mainstream means one thing, you're in the mainstream. because they've left. in 2006, john mccain was talking about chuck hagel as his secretary of state and now he's someone who he thinks is disqualified. from a big picture, the republicans have moved the neocons have such a hold on that party and i don't think that's mainstream thinking in america. >> do you think there is an element of political payback here? >> sure, listen, some of this is situation nor
and i think most importantly, has earned the respect of the troops and the brass at the pentagon. >> is the real point here he's somebody because of that who has the credibility so that if he's the one who has to remake defense going forward, if he's to talk about cuts to systems he has that extra credibility? >> i think he does and that matters. we had great secretaries of defense that didn't serve. it's an important part as we enter this period. i think that with the real thing...
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as the pentagon and the white house plan for services on sunday, families of the victims don't forget their loved ones. >> my husband was a wolfman. >> a call to remember as a search for answers is just beginning. >> the philippine government says it has successfully contained separatest rebels holding out in zapboanga. they said up to 40 heighters are holding 21 people hostage. 100 rebels from the mora initial liberation front has been arre arrested. >>> unspeakable atrocities in north korea. inquiries show the government has systemic violating human rights. we went to meet one family who will soon testify. >> if she is listening her brother has a message for her. >> i miss you so much. i miss you every day. i've been waiting so long for her. i'm deaf. i can't hear any more. >> but if she's alive today she would be 58. for more than a quarter of a century her family had no idea how or why she disappeared while working at a massage therapist in macao in 1978. then came news from a couple who said they knew her well from of all places, north korea. >> the reporter came to see us. all o
as the pentagon and the white house plan for services on sunday, families of the victims don't forget their loved ones. >> my husband was a wolfman. >> a call to remember as a search for answers is just beginning. >> the philippine government says it has successfully contained separatest rebels holding out in zapboanga. they said up to 40 heighters are holding 21 people hostage. 100 rebels from the mora initial liberation front has been arre arrested. >>> unspeakable...
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pentagon sources sdreeb a potential mission as a deter and degrade strike. that's what we are hearing for the officials here in the pentagon. >> thank you very much. first conservative and te party groups and a veteran organization is targeted bow the irs. the american ledgions who maintain records for all members including the dates and character of their service in the military. if they don't have the required proof, they can be hit with fines of a thousand dollars a day. we'll check in with concerned veterans for america to get a little bit more and your reaction. >> thank you for having me. >> talk about how veterans groups are classified by the irs and they have a special desination. >> they are considered than c3 or 4s and targeted by lois lerner and on the conservative side tea party side. now guyed lines from the irs moans they know where they are going and probably more than the ledgions and vfw. they are requesting for additional membership documentation. they have maintained membership rolls for years. but the ledgions are not told the new details
pentagon sources sdreeb a potential mission as a deter and degrade strike. that's what we are hearing for the officials here in the pentagon. >> thank you very much. first conservative and te party groups and a veteran organization is targeted bow the irs. the american ledgions who maintain records for all members including the dates and character of their service in the military. if they don't have the required proof, they can be hit with fines of a thousand dollars a day. we'll check in...
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for more on this, we turn to nbc pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. jim, what is this all about? >> lester, this order today shocked u.s. defense and military officials, taken totally by surprise. military officials strongly deny u.s. commandos condone or took part in any kidnappings, torture or murders of afghan civilians or suspects. now, in the past, president karzai has taken the u.s. military to task, in part, to show the afghan people that he's in charge. but wardak province is a taliban stronghold, one of the hottest combat areas in afghanistan. so if karzai's playing politics here, it's an extremely dangerous game, lester. >> could this derail the planned 2014 withdrawal of the majority of troops, the schedule the administration is currently sticking with? >> well, people are already wondering that. president obama has already announced 34,000 troops. that's half the total american force will withdraw from afghanistan by the end of this year. but if u.s. forces are prevented from executing their missions, you may start to hear calls from here
for more on this, we turn to nbc pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. jim, what is this all about? >> lester, this order today shocked u.s. defense and military officials, taken totally by surprise. military officials strongly deny u.s. commandos condone or took part in any kidnappings, torture or murders of afghan civilians or suspects. now, in the past, president karzai has taken the u.s. military to task, in part, to show the afghan people that he's in charge. but wardak province...
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the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other country in the world have this set up? >> no. no other country spends nearly what we do on this. >> is it good or bad that congress -- >> it is hopeful that congress acts as a check on some of these runaway programs. in many cases, congress is trying to sh the pentagon to do it staff that it does not want to do. members of congress wanted for their own interest. we continued to build tanks and ohio. why do we do that? members of the ohio delegation want the jobs. the army does not think it needs any more tanks. >> there is a " in your article about the marine corps is ability to get w
the engine for the aircraft that the pentagon wanted is being built by pratt whitney. some members of congress were pushing a second engine built by the arrival contractor in large political -- the hope among some that it would lead to jobs in their states. it was a classic case of congress foisting on the defense department something it did not want to add it to another $3 billion. it was a double sideshow and distracted from some of the greater problems and challenges. >> does any other...
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knows the pentagon's response to complaints from iraq about depleted uranium attacks they wanted to go away because we kicked out of them but that doesn't explain the common dreams nuisance of the shocking numbers of u.s. vets affected six hundred ninety seven thousand u.s. troops in the first gulf war the department of defense now admits nearly two hundred fifty thousand of permanently disabled from the last of just one hundred hours one in three troops to be on treason documentary is a simply incredible figure goes in and. those who was born with most of the missing and other deformities he believes his service in iraq is to blame independent tests on the high levels of du pree to drain him in his body. go into court have received admissions that the disability could only have been caused by two three aides doggerel was put in charge of do you clean up off the operation desert storm the army was well aware of its toxicity he says not only in areas they hit but for anyone working with it in the vicinity of d u or even breathing downwind of uranium particles he says no one was warned o
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but the police reports never made it into the navy's background system, something the pentagon wants changed. devin dwyer, abc news, washington. >>> the state department has renewed its global terror alert after the mall attack in kenya. the alert reminds americans to be careful about the threats worldwide. and that potential targets include large public gathering places, including during the holidays. >>> we're looking at the sophistication of the terror plot in nairobi. the investigators say the terrorists rented a store in that mall for three months. it was used for a base to pn the attacks and stash weapons. there's reports that some of the attackers slipped out during the siege. forensics teams are looking for clues. >>> at the united nations, historic talks begin between the u.s. and iran. john kerry, sitting down with the iranian foreign minister on iran's nuclear weapons. it marks one of the highest level contacts between those two countries in years. >>> lawmakers have taken one step back from the brink of a government shutdown. a unanimous vote would allow to come to the fl
but the police reports never made it into the navy's background system, something the pentagon wants changed. devin dwyer, abc news, washington. >>> the state department has renewed its global terror alert after the mall attack in kenya. the alert reminds americans to be careful about the threats worldwide. and that potential targets include large public gathering places, including during the holidays. >>> we're looking at the sophistication of the terror plot in nairobi. the...
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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us live now from the pentagon. barbara, it doesn't like the u.s. backing down. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, jim, sources here at the pentagon are telling us that this flight was part of what the u.s. military plans to continue to do all the time. fly through international air space. china can claim it's theres but the u.s. military will not obey the chinese rules they have to file flight plans and state their flight data to the beijing when they fly through these areas. so again, another flight. i think what's happening here is the u.s. is trying to hold firm to the notion that had has the right to fly through there but it is also trying to make sure that this situation doesn't escalate any further. officials are characterizing this as just the normal part of business that the u.s. military does, and these aircraft, while they were not identified to us, chinese news reports say the chinese scrambled the jets after seeing the aircraft and they say they are p-3 navy aircraft, which are surveillance airc
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us live now from the pentagon. barbara, it doesn't like the u.s. backing down. what's the latest you're hearing? >> well, jim, sources here at the pentagon are telling us that this flight was part of what the u.s. military plans to continue to do all the time. fly through international air space. china can claim it's theres but the u.s. military will not obey the chinese rules they have to file flight plans and state their flight data to the...
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the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way of doing something when nothing seemed worse. at least at that time. a joint committee was set up to control the spiraling deficit. congress warned that if they fail to come up with a solution sequestration would automatically although. these cuts have now begun. the pentagon was already prepared to cut 150 billion dollars over the next 10 years. sequestration would require $500 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. last week check hagel warned that cut of that magnitude would not only affect entitlement such as salary, housing, education and the like but it would
the pentagon will have to cut $500 billion over the next decade. the discussion was hosted by the brookings institution. >> good morning. called dissecting the pentagon strategic choices and management review. i am marvin calvin. i am a senior advisor to the center for crisis reporting which is located just next door. way back in august 2011 which is only two years ago congress passed and the president signed into law a legislative monstrosity called the budget control act. it was a way...
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been misleading. >> shepard: what is the pentagon saying now? >> day blame the afghans. the afghan commanders forgot to submit their field reports so the pentagon data was misleading. quote: during a quality control check we became aware that some data was incorrectly entered into the database that is used for tracking security-related incident across afghanistan. >> a regrettable error in our database system that was discovered during a routine quality check. we're making the appropriate adjustments. in spite of the theater adjustments, our assessment for the fundamentalled of progress in afghanistan remains positive. >> nato has taken down the misleading figures from their web site and are revicing them. there's no work inthey -- >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon with progress from afghanistan is positive. stay tuned. >>> this is what happening when a person testifies in their open murder trial. the prosecution going averageddy arias with a scrapple, talking about the day she killed her boyfriend. >>> the harlem globe trotter and fo
been misleading. >> shepard: what is the pentagon saying now? >> day blame the afghans. the afghan commanders forgot to submit their field reports so the pentagon data was misleading. quote: during a quality control check we became aware that some data was incorrectly entered into the database that is used for tracking security-related incident across afghanistan. >> a regrettable error in our database system that was discovered during a routine quality check. we're making the...
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the pentagon's biggest weapons replacement program jsf, joint strike fighter. now, for the second time in two months, all 51 radar evading jets have been grounded. a routine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in the jet engine of an f-35 test arkte. the $396 billion program relies on help from eight other countries to fund development. >> there have been a host of problems with the f-35, everything from pilot's helmets displays to air frame issues. when we start talking about power plants or the engine blades, the things of that nature, that's really quite serious and that's almost in a different category, because then you're talking about the very likely potential of catastrophic engine failure in flight. >> the u.s. defense department describes the grounding as precautionary. but before this development, five there had already been concern about the cost of the new air craft. canada is considering canceling its orders while australia is considering scaling back. in january a variant of an f-35 was grounded for a month after a fuel line detached ju
the pentagon's biggest weapons replacement program jsf, joint strike fighter. now, for the second time in two months, all 51 radar evading jets have been grounded. a routine inspection revealed a crack on a turbine blade in the jet engine of an f-35 test arkte. the $396 billion program relies on help from eight other countries to fund development. >> there have been a host of problems with the f-35, everything from pilot's helmets displays to air frame issues. when we start talking about...
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and the pentagon estimates the real number is much, much higher. the president has ordered the military to solve the problem, but it's not that easy. now the senate as it debates the new defense bill is considering an amendment that would take the divisiodecision to convict sexul assaults out of the military command. first, this background. >> reporter: the senate is determined to end the plague of sexual assault within the military. there is no disagreement that as many as 26,000 incidents last year according to a blind survey of military personnel conducted by the pentagon. it's an unacceptbly high number, but different proposed solutions now divide democrats. new york's kirsten gillibrand. >> if you do not create a system outside of the chain of command your hope to report so we can weigh the evidence to see whether we can go to trial, it's not there. the hope isn't there. the confidence in an objective review of someone who doesn't know the perpetrator, doesn't know the victim doesn't exist. >> reporter: gillibrand seeks to remove the chain of
and the pentagon estimates the real number is much, much higher. the president has ordered the military to solve the problem, but it's not that easy. now the senate as it debates the new defense bill is considering an amendment that would take the divisiodecision to convict sexul assaults out of the military command. first, this background. >> reporter: the senate is determined to end the plague of sexual assault within the military. there is no disagreement that as many as 26,000...